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PREMIER REPORT

SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Dec 6, 2008
Keane stood by his convictions
LONDON — It was always going to end like this.
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Nov 29, 2008
Super Sunday provides full slate of excellent matches in U.K.
LONDON — The words many football-loving married men in Britain would love to hear from their wives today are: "I have some bad news for you. . . . an old school friend of mine is in town. . . . I said I would see her tomorrow to catch up on things. . . . I'd ask you to come along but we'll be talking...
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Nov 22, 2008
Even with best players out, Capello's England continues to impress
LONDON — The theory that international friendlies are a waste of time was blown out of the water by the score line from Berlin: Germany 1, England 2.
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Nov 15, 2008
Drogba case: Punish the perpetrator not the victim
LONDON — The thug from the section where Burnley fans were seated who threw the coin which struck Chelsea striker Didier Drogba will probably never be arrested and charged.
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Nov 8, 2008
Wenger won't compromise beliefs despite struggles
LONDON — If Arsenal loses to Manchester United on Saturday the Gunners can forget about winning the Premier League.
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Nov 1, 2008
Redknapp's magic transforms Spurs overnight
LONDON — Just when you think there is nothing left in football to surprise you, along comes Harry Redknapp.
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SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Oct 25, 2008
Move to Milan may be end of Beckham's stay in L.A.
LONDON — From the worst team in Major League Soccer to a side crammed with superstars, World Cup and Champions League winners — who writes David Beckham's scripts?
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Oct 18, 2008
Full steam ahead for England as Capello pushes all the right buttons
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SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Oct 11, 2008
Racist abuse continues to poison beautiful game
LONDON — Rio Ferdinand this week hit out at the inadequate punishment that one of world football's most respected authorities handed out for racist behavior.
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Oct 4, 2008
Loss to Hull could push Ramos closer to the door
LONDON — At the start of the season Sunday's Premier League fixture between Tottenham and Hull had the look of a game between one team riding comfortably high with the other in the relegation zone.
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Sep 27, 2008
Impact of Tevez ruling could be profound in future
LONDON — So now we know. There is such as thing as a one-man team.
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Sep 20, 2008
Ashley proves business success irrelevant in soccer
LONDON — In the 1956 autobiography of former Newcastle striker Len Shackleton, one chapter was entitled "The Average Director's Knowledge Of Football."
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Sep 13, 2008
Capello masterful in England's victory over Croatia
LONDON — The impression is that if you told Fabio Capello he had just won a record lottery jackpot — or even had he discovered he had lost the winning ticket — his expression would not change.
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Sep 6, 2008
Meddling from management left Keegan, Curbishley with no choice
LONDON — Kevin Keegan and Alan Curbishley resigned this week as managers of Newcastle and West Ham because the new breed of Premier League owners wouldn't let them manage.
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Aug 30, 2008
Strange transfers have Spurs in trouble just two games into season
LONDON — Tottenham made a dodgy start to last season and manager Martin Jol was shown the door.
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Aug 23, 2008
Barwick's departure comes as no surprise
LONDON — England's uninspiring 2-2 draw against the Czech Republic on Wednesday was overshadowed by the news that Brian Barwick is to leave his post as chief executive of the Football Association after four years in it.
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Aug 16, 2008
Heavyweights poised to dominate again
LONDON — Predicting the top four clubs at the end of the 2008-09 Premier League season is relatively easy.
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
May 31, 2008
Players facing short summer with Euro 2008, World Cup qualifiers
LONDON — The Premier League's leading players are set for burnout this summer despite England's absence from Euro 2008.
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
May 24, 2008
Terry's miss took Ronaldo off the hook in Moscow
LONDON — For a few minutes Cristiano Ronaldo's CV had a new, ignominious entry. The player who lost the 2008 Champions League final for Manchester United.
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
May 17, 2008
Portsmouth-Cardiff City F.A. Cup final fails to inspire
LONDON — No matter how much purists try to argue that it sums up the magic of the F.A. Cup, regardless of the "ideal" David vs. Goliath matchup and, to the relief of some, the fact that none of the Big Four clubs is involved, the final between Portsmouth and Cardiff City is the least interesting...

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